four-wheeler

[ fawr-hwee-ler, -wee-, fohr- ]

noun

1. a four-wheel vehicle, especially a hackney carriage.
2. Citizens Band Radio and Automotive Slang. a four-wheel automotive vehicle, as a car or small truck, especially as distinguished from a vehicle having more than four wheels, as a tractor-trailer, or fewer than four wheels, as a motorcycle.

Word History and Origins

Origin of four-wheeler¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

To raise money for the road trip, she sold her four-wheeler and some goats, but not the horse, which she left in the care of a friend.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead of a four-wheeler or motorbike, the huntsmen are instead sitting on their couch, which is propelled by their motorized living room.

From Seattle Times

The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office rescued a couple Sunday whose four-wheeler broke down outside of Nevada City, deputies said.

From Seattle Times

On Wednesday, he said, a man in an A.T.V. misjudged conditions and rolled his four-wheeler onto what he thought was solid ice.

From New York Times

He started a business in El Salvador giving electric four-wheeler bike tours.

From Los Angeles Times

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